{"product_id":"cold-bill-streever-9780316042925","title":"Cold","description":"From avalanches to glaciers, from seals to snowflakes, and from Shackleton's expedition to \u003ci\u003eThe Year Without Summer\u003c\/i\u003e, Bill Streever journeys through history, myth, geography, and ecology in a year-long search for cold -- real, icy, 40-below cold. In July he finds it while taking a dip in a 35-degree Arctic swimming hole; in September while excavating our planet's ancient and not so ancient ice ages; and in October while exploring hibernation habits in animals, from humans to wood frogs to bears. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A scientist whose passion for cold runs red hot, Streever is a wondrous guide: he conjures woolly mammoth carcasses and the ice-age Clovis tribe from melting glaciers, and he evokes blizzards so wild readers may freeze -- limb by vicarious limb.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bill Streever\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0316042927\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316042925\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Back Bay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/19\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.60w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2010 pg. 24","brand":"Bill Streever","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047744106751,"sku":"9780316042925","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bdd9079b-a9a8-4fdc-a6e8-05e5b2fa5c9e.jpg?v=1684991941","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cold-bill-streever-9780316042925","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}